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Sid Jacobs

Sid Jacobs

21 masterclasses on how Sid hears, harmonizes and arranges a tune

21 masterclasses · 2,101 students · ★ 4.8

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About Sid

Long-time jazz master Sid Jacobs is in a class few have achieved, yet always approaching tunes from a beginner's mind-set. With an astounding understanding of the guitar, his classes are loaded with powerful yet useful nuggets.…

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Long-time jazz master Sid Jacobs is in a class few have achieved, yet always approaching tunes from a beginner's mind-set. With an astounding understanding of the guitar, his classes are loaded with powerful yet useful nuggets. Some of the great jazz artists with whom Sid has performed include Harold Land, Eddie Harris, Buddy Montgomery, Joe Diorio, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings and Javon Jackson.

Sid's courses sit in our Improvisation & Soloing, Harmony & Theory and Chord Melody & Solo Guitar collections.

Areas of Expertise

Jazz Guitar Master

Awards & Recognition

  • Invited performer — Guitars of the World festival (first North American jazz guitarist invited) · 1998 · Guitarras del Mundo (Argentina)
  • Invited performer — Ankara Music Festival · 2001 · Ankara Music Festival (Turkey)

Notable Works

  • It's Not Goodnight · 1991 · Album
  • Three in One (with Joe LaBarbera & Darek Oles) · 2018 · Album
  • Mel Bay's Complete Book of Jazz Guitar Lines & Phrases · Book
  • Jazz Guitar Improvisation · Book
  • The Changes: Guide Tones for Jazz Chords, Lines, and Comping · Book

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What students say

Love Love Love It , Perfect Lessons,Exactly what I needed , something really clicked with this one , Much Gratitude to Maestro Sid Jacobs !

Learn from Sid · 21 courses

All 25 reviews
4.8
Based on 25 reviews
12/2/2022
Perfecto!

Love Love Love It , Perfect Lessons,Exactly what I needed , something really clicked with this one , Much Gratitude to Maestro Sid Jacobs !

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6/26/2022
Book One Page One

I SO SO SO wish I could give this 5 stars because Sid is one of the most amazing musicians, persons, teachers, everything, there is, and I jumped at this class from the moment I saw it posted; not a single second thought. There is a fantastic amount of great, unique material here, but the section with Sid and a student left me aggravated and ready to...... I dunno, bite the head off a possum. (OK, that's an exaggeration). The problem is that Sid conveys SO much good info, but the student kept talking over Sid, interrupting, noodling while Sid was trying to explain things, that it became very distracting for me, as a second-level observer, to glean the ideas that Sid was trying to offer. I'm sure the student is a wonderful guy, and maybe nervous being on camera, but he got in the way of what Sid has to offer, which is A LOT.

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3/23/2021
Not nice!

Full of ridiculous jokes and useless stuff!

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2/5/2021
THANK YOU,MY MASTER JEDI...

Pure Inspiration...,Sid opens the Door...Amazing....A ''Must have''...for every serious musician...Thank you from the bottom of my Heart...

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Michael Neverisky

Jimmy Wyble's Etude #1
7/11/2020
Excellent and very enjoyable class

This is an excellent and very enjoyable class. Prior to this presentation I had a vague awareness of the name Jimmy Wyble but hadn't studied his etudes and didn't know the details of his ideas. With this lesson, I feel like Sid Jacobs has given me a solid start. The technical and music content is top-notch, the video and audio are clear and Sid's command of the material and relaxed presentation connects very well.

4/30/2020
Great Instructor

Explains things clearly, very helpful, entertaining and make theory understandable. Good sense of humor, nice guy.

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3/20/2020
Absolute Joy and Treasure of a Workshop From Master Sid Jacobs

Another Awesome Lesson With The Master Sid Jacobs , Thanks Again!

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5/17/2019
Two Hands clapping ad infinitum ! Bravo Again

Wow Again! Another Guitar-Haiku Jewel From Sid Jacobs , Two Hands Clapping ad infinitum , oh yeah , that one chord break up exercise , for some reason made me think of Robert Johnson , Anyway ,Bravo Again

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5/16/2019
It Is Not Necessarily As You Assert

The length of the class does not concern me; it is full of great ideas, techniques, and good jokes. Only criticism: the dog is badly out of tune.

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Shawn Loudermilk

Jimmy Wyble's Etude #5
5/2/2019
Wyble's Etude 5

Listening to Sid Jacobs play these Wyble Etudes is so damn uplifting and inspiring for me ... you can feel the respect and joy in every note , may we all honor our teachers in such a way , Thanks again

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2/22/2019
Jimmy Wyble #2

If there's anything better than learning a lot of in-depth material on something that I thought I was already very familiar with, I don't know what it is...... OK, maybe winning the lottery, but other than that, Sid's classes are tops.

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Shawn Loudermilk

Jimmy Wyble's Etude #1
2/4/2019
Beautiful Lesson From Jazz Guitar Master Sid Jacobs

I recently bought Jimmy Wyble's Etudes because of Sid mentioning them and its perfect timing and super helpful insight into these studies .

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Shawn Loudermilk

Jimmy Wyble's Etude #2
2/4/2019
Another Stellar Lesson from Jazz Guitar Guru Sid Jacobs

Love these Etudes I would like to learn all of them , Thanks for the Insights

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1/18/2019
Triad Pairs

Wow. Thanks Sid! I'll need to work with this concept a long while. I think it will be worth it though.

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1/10/2019
May The Fourths Be With You ...and Fifths too!

Another Great Sid Jacobs Lesson.... Mr. Jacobs delivers the guitar goods and puts the power of making music in our hands , what a Blessing!

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1/9/2019
These Intervallic exercises sound like beautiful music to me rather than rote scalar monotony, what Joy !

Fun and Musical lesson , new sounds and inspiring concepts , once i get these shapes committed to experience seems like you could have fun for hours trying out different permutations on a whim and see what you come up with, the musical possibilities are endless....

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12/28/2018
unlocking slonimsky , no longer a chimpsky

In High School I saved up and I bought Slonimsky's hard back thesaurus around 30 years ago inspired by an article/interview by Frank Zappa, I received it and didn't know where to start , thanks for scratching the surface with this magic scale lesson and all , it is inspiring , and the wood winds example was breathtaking , one candle lights up a room that has been dark for thirty years, may we all shine bright thanks for lighting that candle for us Sid Jacobs!

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12/28/2018
aha moments galore with

Love Sid's teaching style and his choice of material and effortless mastery , wonderful helpful lesson

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12/27/2018
Bravo!

Amazing Lesson once again, Kudos to Sid Jacobs Jazz Guitar Master

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Shawn Loudermilk

Counterpoint Concepts
12/27/2018
Amazing Lessons

Sid Jacobs is a Treasury of Fretboard Insight and Nuance.. made my whole new year with inspiration and new found possibilities, Thank You

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Pure Inspiration...,Sid opens the Door...Amazing....A ''Must have''...for every serious musician...Thank you from the bottom of my Heart...

This is an excellent and very enjoyable class. Prior to this presentation I had a vague awareness of the name Jimmy Wyble but hadn't studied his etudes and didn't know the details of his ideas.…

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